It's been a racy year for Penelope Cruz. First, the actress appeared topless in the drama Elegy, then she shared a lesbian kiss with Scarlett Johansson for Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona.... more
In New York, the pre-movie hype about Woody Allen's latest movie, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, had all been about the kiss between Penélope Cruz, onscreen and real-life girlfriend of male lead Javier Bardem, and America's modern version of Marilyn Monroe, Scarlett Johansson... more
Lindsay Lohan led the Young Hollywood charge on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards last night, only to collect the unofficial award for most embarrassing wardrobe malfunction after being caught off guard by a gust of wind.... more
The Cannes Film Festival hands out its prizes on Sunday and the top stars are preparing for an action-packed weekend. BAZ BAMIGBOYE has all the gossip from the French Riviera.... more
Woody Allen's Vicky Christina Barcelona is like one of those romantic novelettes that have little or no literary merit but are read by millions, says Derek Malcolm.... more
Scarlett Johansson was left at home in New York after a film studio refused to pay for her bloated demands to attend the Cannes Film Festival to launch Woody Allen's latest movie. Penelope Cruz and Rebecca Hall, her co-stars in the film 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', soaked up all the glory from crowds as they ascended the fabled red carpet of Cannes
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Two of Hollywood's most lusted after actresses Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz are set to steam up screens with a lesbian kiss. The racy scene, set in a red-tinted photography dark room, features in Woody Allen's upcoming release Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The women later have a menage a trois with Oscar winning actor Javier Bardem... more
It appears Penélope Cruz's romance with Oscar winner Javier Bardem is getting serious - she's met his family. The Spanish beauty, her actor boyfriend and his actress mother Pilar Bardem celebrated his Best Supporting Oscar win for No Country For Old Men at a succession of Hollywood parties
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It appears this year's Oscars had a modest audience to match its toned-down ceremony after having its lowest ever TV ratings. The three-hour broadcast of the star-studded ceremony on U.S. TV channel ABC attracted an average of 32million viewers - a 21 per cent drop from 2007's 41million
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Glitz, glamour and gowns dominated the Oscar's red carpet, but by night's end it was a very unlikely romance that was the talk of town. Model Petra Nemcova set tongues wagging after she was spotted cosying up to Sean Penn at Elton John's A-list party. The 28-year-old arrived arm-in-arm with the 47-year-old star, who recently split up with his wife, Robin Wright Penn, after 11 years of marriage... more
It was a spine tingling moment that capped an extraordinary evening for British Oscar winner Daniel-Day Lewis. Having just been announced as Best Actor in There Will Be Blood, the London-born actor was 'knighted' by last year's British success story, Dame Helen Mirren. Imitating the famous pose on stage at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, Day-Lewis joked about her performance as the Queen, saying: 'This is the closest I'll ever come to getting a knighthood, so thank you'
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British actresses were sensationally snubbed at the Baftas in favour of an unknown French starlet. Julie Christie and Keira Knightley both lost out in the best actress category to Marion Cotillard, the 32-year-old star of La Vie En Rose about the life of the Parisian singer Edith Piaf... more
There's something about the casual offing of victims in No Country for Old Men that makes critic Liz Hoggard think of boys pulling the legs off flies for sport.... more
Javier Bardem is terrifying as the psychopath who loves blowing out people's brains in No Country for Old Men, a blood-splattered piece of classic cinema.... more
No Country for Old Men is one of the Coens' most violent films, but that won't stop it at the Oscars. It's about a man in an unforgiving world, say Joel and Ethan, it has to be brutal.... more
Sofia Coppola's boyfriend is lead singer and they won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album this year. Now, Phoenix tell Nosheen Iqbal, they are set to conquer London
Move over, Mahiki. Nightclub entrepreneurs Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling are soon to launch a new Eighties-inspired club in Chelsea, in honour of Lady Thatcher
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